Assumption Life Volume 4/Issue 15

Volume 4/Issue 15 Assumption Life

November 16, 2022

Our Mission

We are Assumption Catholic School, a ministry of the Church of the Assumption. As a diverse community, we excel in academics and model Christ where each individual is safe, nurtured, respected, and treasured.

Together we pray

To be grateful is to recognize

The love of God in everything

He has given us –

And He has given us everything.

Every breath we draw

Is a gift of His love,

Every moment of existence

Is a grace, 

For it brings immense graces from Him

– Thomas Merton

Together we can

Create Agreements

1. Have a discussion where each person gets to voice feelings and thoughts on the issue.
2. Brainstorm solutions and choose one everyone can agree to. 
3. Agree on a specific time deadline.
4. If agreement is not followed, avoid judgment and criticism. Use nonverbal signals or ask “What was our agreement?”
5. If agreement still is not followed, start again at step 1.

Drop Off in the morning REMINDER

Assumption School prides itself on keeping members of our community safe but needs your partnership to do so.

I have made an announcements to students at morning assembly that ALL PEDESTRIANS using the outer parish parking lot MUST USE THE FULTON STREET SIDEWALK BY THE CHURCH AND RECTORY and WALKTHROUGH GATE BY THE SECOND GRADE DURING MORNING DROP OFF.

Drop off for school begins at 7:40 a.m. All students dropped off before 7:40 a.m. will be brought to Extended Care except for SLT members who are supervised by the SLT moderator. Please note if you are dropping off your student ANYTIME before 7:40 a.m. you will be charged Extended Care fees billed by the ½ hour. 

PEDESTRIAN GUIDELINES

• On Fulton Street: Use the sidewalk by the church and the walkthrough gate by 2nd grade to enter the school from the outer parking lot. DO NOT use the pathway along the black wrought-iron gate OR the school’s exit driveway as this pedestrian path has a significant blind spot that puts pedestrians in danger.
• Parents planning on staying for assembly should park in the basketball courts or as directed by staff and walk to the identified crosswalk (the cones) to cross traffic. A staff member will stop traffic to cross you at that point.
• On School Street: Use the walkthrough gate by the Science Lab. Do not block traffic in the neighborhood. 

DRIVING GUIDELINES

• Please DRIVE SLOWLY. Our Morning Drop Off has a BLIND SPOT in the parish parking lot. 
• A staff member will be stationed to help direct traffic as needed by the school carpool exit area in the morning starting tomorrow.
• STAY IN THE VEHICLE LINE DURING CARLINE. FOLLOW THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. Do not swerve around the line to leave the parking lot or leave through the arrival gate. If you are unable to wait in the line, please legally park in the outer lot, walk to the classroom, and pick up your student. 
• Pro-tip: once we get the car line really going good … if you arrive at around 3:10 p.m., you can usually drive right up with no wait. If your child says they are getting picked up and you are not later than 3:15 in the parking lot, students will not be signed into Extended Care. 
• SHARE WITH THE ANYONE WHO PICKS UP OR DROPS OFF YOUR STUDENT. 

Parent Hours Alert

Parent Volunteer and Fundraising Statements for the FIRST TRIMESTER will be sent home December 7, 2022. Don’t wait to see how many hours you have left, just volunteer now!  

SCHOOL SUNDAY MASS THIS SUNDAY: 

If you attend any of our calendared Sunday school-sponsored Masses including SUNDAY (11/20/22) at 10 a.m. hosted by 5th Grade. If your students wear their school uniform, you can earn a parent hour and your student earns a free dress. All are welcome.

How does it work: 

• Plan to attend the 10 a.m. Mass in-person with your student in FULL UNIFORM.
• At the end of the Mass, look for a staff person (or Mrs. Rocheford) who will have Free Dress Passes to give to students.
• Place your LAST NAME and Grade(s) on the Free Dress Pass.
• The student turns in the free dress pass on the ASSIGNED SCHOOL MASS FREE DRESS DAY on the PASS to your students' teacher to count you as a family who participated. (only one hour per family not per student). 

Small print: Only in-person school- or class-sponsored Assumption Parish Sunday Masses count toward service hours.  Those masses are on our school calendar and are usually twice a month.

Live Auction and Gala needs Committee Members

Sign up to help make the Auction amazing and get parent hours! Click here. 

St. Nick’s Boutique needs help

Get into the Christmas spirit. Click here for more information. 

Altar Server Training Needs Parent Support 

PARENT HOURS ALERT: We need two - three parents to sign up to help supervise the altar server training for each day. Vaccination, LiveScan, and Virtus training requirements apply. 

Parent volunteers will have a list of students who will gather at the flagpole, pass out name tags to students, and be walked over to the church (one parent in the front and one in the back). Then during the training, the volunteers will help supervise and redirect students as needed as a support to our parish volunteers who are in charge of the training. After the training, the volunteers will wait for pick up in front of the church and at 4:05 p.m. walk students to Extended Care for sign-in. 

Sign Up Here. 

On-site parent hours requirements: 

• Virtus Training
• Live Scan - Live Scan screening for the Diocese of Oakland at the following location:

Village Post and Parcel (510) 278-8744 

[email protected]

15934 Hesperian Blvd

San Lorenzo, CA 94580

Let them know you are with Assumption School, San Leandro. They will have the correct form for you. Bring a valid ID

• Proof of COVID 19 Vaccination and/or proof of negative Covid 19 test (antigen or PCR) within 24 hours of on-site service.